Richardson Donors Under Investigation

Will the last person in the Obama Administration not touched by scandal please turn out the lights on liberalism:

A federal grand jury is investigating how a company that advised Jefferson County, Alabama, on bond deals that threaten to cause the biggest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, did similar work in New Mexico after making contributions to Governor Bill Richardson’s political action committees.

The grand jury in Albuquerque is looking into Beverly Hills, California-based CDR Financial Products Inc., which received almost $1.5 million in fees from the New Mexico Finance Authority in 2004 after donating $100,000 to Richardson’s efforts to register Hispanic and American Indian voters and pay for expenses at the Democratic National Convention in 2004, people familiar with the matter said.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation asked current and former officials from the state agency if any staff members in the governor’s office influenced CDR’s hiring, said the people, who declined to be identified because the proceedings are secret. Richardson, who is President-elect Barack Obama’s designate for Commerce Secretary, has a staff of at least 30 people.

“They’re looking at everything related to CDR,” William Sisneros, the finance agency’s chief executive officer, said of the FBI probe. “They’re just trying to evaluate all the relationships to see what CDR was doing for the money.”

Par for the course in Democratic politics, to be sure - but deadly for the incoming Obama Administration which got us all hopeful about change, and such…

Tags: Bill Richardson, New Mexico

9 comments December 15th, 2008

My Election 2008 Prediction

Well… Here it is…In spite the polls, I think McCain will win, and a few surprises await us.

I should make a few points to explain certain selections:

• Nevada: I originally did not have Nevada to go for McCain, but my Mark, is confident it will. I will trust his opinion on that
• Colorado: I think there is a chance McCain could take it, but I expect it to go for Obama.
• New Mexico: Same as Colorado. McCain could win it, but soures tell me that Bush won New Mexico mostly because he had a superior ground game, an advantage I am not convinced McCain has this year.
• Iowa: I was curious about Obama’s recent stop there, but still think he takes it.
• Minnesota: I hear it is close again in Minnesota.. But McCain pulled out of there and and I wrote it off then too.
• New Hampshire: Another state I believe McCain has a good shot at taking, but still giving no Obama.
• Pennsylvania: This state, I believe, is going to be the prize of 2008. And based on various sources I have (and recent events) I think McCain is going to pull off an upset there.

I am sure the lefty trolls will write this off as over confidence, But I believe one way or another, McCain will be elected President. I sit here tonight, confident of victory. I was more nervous four years ago than I am now. McCain will be our next president.

Tags: 2008 Campaign, Colorado, Iowa, Nevada, New Mexico

37 comments November 3rd, 2008